I've been offered a quote-unquote writing job. The producer gave me the general concept, told me to write the feature the way I envisioned it, and they would produce it.
But they wanted me to take their concept, write a script on spec, and hand it in--and not get paid anything until first day of shooting. And because the concept was theirs, the script would be theirs, too.
Obviously, there's no guarantee the movie would get made, and I don't work for free (unless it's a spec script that I own until I sell), so I said thanks but no thanks.
I'm wondering how common these "spec jobs" are in the industry. Are there actually writers jumping at such "offers?" (I'm not in L.A. and don't hang with writers, so I haven't heard of this before.)
But they wanted me to take their concept, write a script on spec, and hand it in--and not get paid anything until first day of shooting. And because the concept was theirs, the script would be theirs, too.
Obviously, there's no guarantee the movie would get made, and I don't work for free (unless it's a spec script that I own until I sell), so I said thanks but no thanks.
I'm wondering how common these "spec jobs" are in the industry. Are there actually writers jumping at such "offers?" (I'm not in L.A. and don't hang with writers, so I haven't heard of this before.)
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